Compound used for cleaning.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CQMPOUND USED FOR CLEANING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed October 5, 190 i. Serial No. 227,253.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SPROES- SIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1400 Stebbins avenue, New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compounds Used for Cleaning, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to a compound which is preferably used for cleanin the hands and which removes therefrom all kinds of dirt, such as oil, tar, ink, paint, grease, &c.

In preparing said compound I proceed in the following manner: I take siX quarts of wood-powder, two quarts of soap-powder, one quart of coal-oil, five grains oil of wintergreen, and one ounce of a solution of carbolic acid in about one hundred times its volume of coal-oil and stir the mass thoroughly and intimately together. The re sulting product is a compound in form of a fine powder which can be packed in cartridges and boxes either loose or in form of cakes or any other suitable manner for shipment. To obtain the cakes, I use molds into which my compound powder is pressed by any suitable well-known device, or I ma use a binder or suitable cement, so that the particles of the powder are united.

I11 using my compound I wet one of my hands with water and sprinkle with the dry hand the powder over it, whereafter by rubbing both hands against each other all grease paint, dirt, ink, oil, tar, &c., will be removed from the skin and the hands will appear entirely white and clean after rinsing them in clean water.

As the compound contains no caustic constituents, the skin of the hands is not attacked, and after washing the hands they have not the slimy feeling given by caustics. Coal-oil and also coal-oil containing in solution a small quantity of carbolic acid do not adhere to the skin either, as they are entirely taken up by the soap-powder and the Wood-powder.

I do not limit myself to the exact proportions above given, for it is evident that the quantities of the ingredients may be varied without departing from the nature of my CHARLES H. SPROESSIG.

In presence of FRITZ EPPLE, JOHN I'IELMRIOK. 

